I bend and do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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